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Iain Wright

Labour MP for Hartlepool

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families (since 10 Jun 2009)


• Entered Parliament on 30 September 2004 — Byelection
• Majority: 7,478 votes. — 258th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Iain Wright voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Home Department, Trade and Industry, Education and Skills, Work and Pensions

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Railways, Recycling, Health Expenditure, Police, Northern Way

(based on written questions asked by Iain Wright and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
• Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Education Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Further Education: Standards (1 Jul 2009)

“Diplomas come under the responsibility of the independent regulator of qualifications and examinations, Ofqual. Ofqual has responsibility to protect the interests of learners by ensuring that results are fair and accurate and that assessment and standards are appropriately established and comparable across awarding bodies. I have asked the Chief Regulator to write to my hon. Friend to set out...”

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Apprentices (30 Jun 2009)

“At present, there is no minimum number of hours a week for an apprenticeship. The minimum number of hours spent each week on an apprenticeship is a matter for agreement between employer and apprentice. The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill which is currently before Parliament would give the Secretary of State the power to bring forward regulations through a Specification of...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 18 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 78 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Iain Wright speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 340 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,796 (232nd). Rail £10,719 (33rd).

^** Car £3,960 (244th). Rail £5,011 (172nd).